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Dr Roshan Ragel has been a professor since October 2017. He has been a Professional Member of the IEEE and IEEE Computer Society since 2005 and a Senior Member since 2014. Prof Ragel has co-authored over 200 peer-reviewed articles on the Internet of Things, Wearable Computing, Bioinformatics, and Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning. He was also named the top scientist in computer science in Sri Lanka by the AD Scientific Index in 2021 and 2022 and the best scientist in CS in the country in 2023/24.

Prof. Ragel is also the Consultant Chief Executive Officer at the Lanka Research and Education Network (LEARN), the national NREN, the Chair of the Asi@Connect Steering Committee, and a Board Member of APAN (Asia Pacific Advanced Networks).

At the national level, Prof. Ragel was a core Group member for Higher Education at the Presidential Task Force for Education set up in 2020. He is a member of the UGC Standing Committee on the Development of IT Infrastructure and Online Education and a member of the UGC-appointed committee to develop the Concept of Virtual / Hybrid University. He also serves as a member of the Presidential Committee to Formulate the AI Strategy for Sri Lanka, a committee formulated recently with the advancement of Generative AI. He is also a founder of the AI Forum for Academics (AIFA). This academic syndicate explores the opportunities and challenges of GenAI in Higher education based at the University of Peradeniya. Prof Roshan Ragel is an innovative educator, empowering researcher, and strategic and inspirational leader.